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Happy New Year from Paris, France (HDR)
I know I’ve done it already but there is no harm in sending you once more all my best wishes for the year to come with this night shot taken from the Cité Universitaire, a beautiful 1921-1935 Students’...
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Bull’s Eye (B&W)
An “Oeil de Boeuf“, or Bull’s eye, is a circular window like this one, a few hundred yards down my street. January 2014.
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Old and New Regimes (B&W)
Madame du Barry’s mansion, now an official building of the republic. Versailles. Colourised picture. February 2014
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Crutch (B&W)
At last I can walk about town and I can take pictures too. Yet, on that beautiful Spring day (temperatures around 25 celcius in Paris today), my crutch was never very far away from me. March 9, 2014.
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Numbers (Versailles Regatta)
At the 2014 Versailles Regattas, I have had fun with numbers. March 2014
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The Cloister (Mont Saint Michel) – B&W
The Cloister at Mont St Michel in Normandy is made of a multitude of small thin polished columns sculpted out of English granite. The perspective of its columns and arches can be arranged into endless...
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Building Site (B&W)
Building site. The old and the new. Saint Michael’s mount. Normandy. April 2014
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Cedrus Libani and the “Entente Cordiale” (B&W)
Lebanon Cedars are numerous in France. The first Lebanon Cedar was brought to Britain in 1630, France lagged behind and only caught up – literally – with the Joneses in 1764. There is no end to...
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Utter Greyness (B&W)
The weather was bleak on that day. And I took pleasure in doing just what one should never do: i.e. split a landscape in 2. And it worked. I’m not unhappy with that shot. Normandy. Sword Beach (Riva...
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Frogdrive
The Wazaam team is amazing. They can tear a 2CV apart in less than 5 minutes and put it back together in no time. And the engine works of course. Sceaux. May 2014
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Caroline Casadesus
Caroline Casadesus is the daughter of famous French conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus, a member of a very well-known and influential Arty family. She is a Soprano and her interpretation of the...
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Queenie in Frogland
Queen Elizabeth II visited France a few days after D Day celebrations in Normandy. Her visit was greeted by a mixture of admiration and scorn as is natural in a country where half of the population...
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